Canadian Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

      Several curious statistical findings from the Canadian Grand Prix...

      Qualification

      By winning the qualification in Montreal, George Russell secured his ninth pole in his career and second this season. He ended the streak of his young teammate Kimi Antonelli, who had three consecutive poles.

      For George, this is his third consecutive pole in Canada. He became the 61st driver in Formula 1 history to achieve three consecutive poles at the same track. Among current drivers, only Verstappen, Hamilton, and Leclerc have won qualifying at the same track for three or more years in a row. The record holder for this statistic is Lewis Hamilton with his six consecutive poles at Albert Park (2014-2019).

      Kimi Antonelli qualified second for the second time this season (he was first in three other Grands Prix) and maintained the best average qualifying position among drivers this season – 1.4.

      The Mercedes team occupied the entire front row of the starting grid for the fourth time this year and the 86th time in history.

      In the two qualifications of the weekend – for the sprint and the main race – the difference between Russell and Antonelli was identical – 0.068 seconds. This is the first such case in history.

      Third place in qualifying is Lando Norris's best result this season and a repeat of his best starting position in Montreal – he also started third in 2024.

      Oscar Piastri qualified fourth – the McLaren drivers occupied the entire second row of the starting grid, marking the team's best result of the season.

      Qualifying fifth, Lewis Hamilton surpassed his teammate for the second time this season. The score is now 3:2 in favor of Charles Leclerc – and this is the most common score in the battle between teammates after the five completed Grands Prix.

      Sixth place in qualifying is Max Verstappen's worst result in Canada since 2019, when he started ninth.

      Eighth place for Charles Leclerc is a repeat of his qualifying result in Montreal last year. At this track, he has only qualified higher once – in 2019, when he started and finished third.

      The Ferrari team showed the same qualifying result in Montreal for the second consecutive year – Hamilton in fifth and Leclerc in eighth.

      Ninth place in qualifying is a repeat of Arvid Lindblad's best career result, who started from the same position in the season's first race in Australia.

      Franco Colapinto reached the final qualification for the first time in his career in two consecutive races.

      For the fourth time in five completed Grands Prix this season, Nico Hülkenberg qualified 11th.

      The score is 5:0 for only one team – in the five completed qualifications for the main race, Fernando Alonso has always outperformed his teammate Lance Stroll.

      22nd place on the grid is the worst result in Valtteri Bottas's career.

      Race

      By winning the Canadian Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli achieved his fourth career victory – his fourth in a row this season. The Italian became the first driver in history to win his first four races consecutively!

      Antonelli extended his lead over George Russell in the personal standings to 43 points.

      The Canadian Grand Prix is the 20th stage where Antonelli has earned points. This is the 150th race led by Italians.

      The Mercedes chassis surpassed the milestone of 40,000 kilometers led in its racing history. This is the 400th race in which cars with Mercedes engines have led.

      Finishing second, Lewis Hamilton achieved his best result ever while racing for Ferrari. The podium in Montreal is the 204th of the Briton's career and the 58th time he has finished in second place.

      Third place brought Max Verstappen his first podium of the season and the 128th of his career. The Dutchman is third in the ranking for the number of podiums. In second place is Michael Schumacher with his 155 podiums, and in first place is Hamilton with his 204 podiums.

      For the 20th time in his career, Verstappen climbed to the third step of the podium.

      The recently completed Grand Prix was the 500th for Dutch drivers.

      Charles Leclerc's fourth place in Canada is a repeat of his 2023 result, although in 2019 he achieved more at this track, finishing third.

      The Canadian Grand Prix is the 200th Grand Prix in which Monegasques have participated.

      Fifth place for Isaac Hajar is his best result of the season, as is sixth place for Franco Colapinto.

      Finishing seventh, Liam Lawson matched his best result of the season.